The government previously announced that there was no money in the budget to construct such a fence system, but apparently funding has been secured. Gaza will be surrounded by a barbed wire fence, a patrol road with an electronic fence and optical devices and a third electronic fence.
Remote-controlled machine guns will be posted and remote-controlled vehicles will patrol the area. The concrete walls around kibbutzim are aimed at preventing sniper fire. The entire cost of the project is $220 million and is to be completed by next summer.
The plan reflects the strategy of new IDF Chief of Staff Dan Halutz, who has said he wants to introduce more high technology into the Israeli armed forces.
Remote-controlled machine guns will be posted and remote-controlled vehicles will patrol the area. The concrete walls around kibbutzim are aimed at preventing sniper fire. The entire cost of the project is $220 million and is to be completed by next summer.
The plan reflects the strategy of new IDF Chief of Staff Dan Halutz, who has said he wants to introduce more high technology into the Israeli armed forces.